To date, over 60% of plastic drinks bottles and drinks cans are being collected for recycling through recyclable bins, which means that over 30% are not being collected, leading to increased littering. By placing a value on the drink containers, we are incentivising consumers to return their bottles and cans in order to get their deposit back and discourage littering.

Under the Government’s Deposit Return Scheme, all retailers are required to participate in the scheme.

Under the Government’s recently introduced Deposit Return Scheme, the price of certain drinks items, which are contained in plastic PET bottles or aluminium cans, have been increased by a 15 or 25 cent deposit fee, which can be reclaimed once the empty items have been returned to reverse ending machine.

It is 15c for the containers from 150ml to 500ml inclusive and 25c for the containers over 500ml to 3 liters inclusive.

Empty containers marked with the Re-turn logo can be returned to the reverse vending machine at all participating retailers, regardless of where the item was originally purchased.

You can receive your refund against your shopping or cash in at the till.

There is no limit on how many vouchers you can collect or use at any time. Vouchers that cannot be scanned will not be honoured.

No.

The larger the container-the more valuable the plastic or aluminium for recycling purposes.

It can only be redeemed in the store that you received the voucher from.

It is a requirement of the scheme that the voucher is redeemed at the location the voucher was received.

Firstly, it has to be a beverage, secondly, its needs to be a PET plastic drink or aluminium drink item.

Yes, 5L water, due to the size of the bottle.

The vending machine can only accept the drinks containers that have Re-turn logo on it. This indicates that a levy has been paid on the container.

Yes, the machine needs to be able to read the barcode.

No, the machine needs to be able to read the barcode.

There is a bin located beside the machine.

Yes, the levy applies to each drink bottle/can in the pack. So, if there is a 6pk of 2L water, the levy payment is 6x25c=€1.50.

No, glass products cannot be returned.

While the drinks container may contain some residual liquid, it should be as empty as possible.

Items can be returned with or without their lids.

No, REPAK has a machine at their base for separating it.

If an RVM isn't working properly, please let one of our colleagues know in-store.

Because Ireland is already one of the top countries when it comes to recycling glass. Our current glass recycling rate is over 80%.

Yes, the bin collections will remain the same depending on your supplier.

It depends on your collection company. Some companies operate collections weekly/bi-weekly or by weight.